One of the main concerns of businesses and households with many people related to the internet is WiFi congestion. WiFi congestion occurs on a network when too many devices on the same network send data packets at the same time or when too many devices try to access the network. WiFi or network congestion can lead to a speed drop and also cause the network to become unstable and unreliable.
Fortunately, there are some ways by which you can reduce congestion on your WiFi network and keep the network fast, stable, and responsive. Here are some ways by which you can reduce WiFi congestion on a network.
Increase the Connection Bandwidth
The most obvious way to reduce or prevent network congestion is to simply increase the bandwidth of your internet connection. If you don’t know what bandwidth is, it is basically the amount of data that can be sent and received over the network simultaneously. If your network bandwidth is low, you won’t be able to handle the data requests and it can lead to network congestion.
If you are facing network congestion because of low bandwidth, then the best option you have is to increase the bandwidth on your internet connection. To do this, you only have to talk to your internet service provider and purchase more bandwidth. You needn’t make changes to the FRITZ!Box or settings of the router.
Improve the Network Design of Your Connection
Improving the network design of your connection can help to reduce network congestion on your WiFi network. If your network is poorly designed, it can lead to network congestion in no time. Oftentimes we see networks being designed without any idea in mind. A poorly designed network can result in congestion in no time, which is challenging to fix.
For instance, if your network has multiple access points and all of the access points are either placed too close to each other or using the same channel, it can lead to network congestion and interference. To prevent this, make sure that you design the whole network in a proper way, place access points at a proper distance, and use less congested channels through router settings.
Analyze and Assess the Connected Devices
Sometimes, the culprit could be the devices connected to the network because some devices may use too much of the network’s resources or cause interference. Always check the devices connected to the network and assess whether they need to be reconfigured to be turned off because they may be causing problems for other devices and users on the network. Analyzing and assessing the devices is a simple process but it can help you quickly identify potential sources of congestion.
Use of Quality of Service (QoS) for Essential Applications
QoS or Quality of Service is a widely used feature these days that can help you prioritize a certain type of traffic over other types. When network congestion occurs, it can slow down the internet activity of all devices and applications. If this happens to an application that is essential or important for you, it can make things bad for you. With the QoS feature, you can prioritize specific applications and data packets over others so they are sent and received on a priority basis.
The benefit of QoS is that it helps you prioritize essential and important applications on the network. So that even when network congestion occurs, those applications are less likely to be affected by it.